Education Task Force

For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Education Task Force, go here.

Education Task Force:

Subcommittees

 * Special Needs Subcommittee
 * Subcommittee on Science Fraud in the Classroom (or Subcommittee on Junk Science)
 * Higher Education Subcommittee
 * School Choice Subcommittee
 * Working Group on Transparency (joint with the Task and Fiscal Policy Task Force
 * K-12 Education Reform Subcommittee

Co-chairs

 * David Casas (R-GA), Public Sector Chair
 * Mickey Revenaugh (Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of State Relations, Connections Academy), Private Sector Chair

Connections Academy is a division of Connections Education LLC, a private school based in Baltimore, MD that offers free online public school through contracts with charter schools, school districts, or governmental entities. The contracted schools have a higher graduation rate than some online schools but still lower than traditional public schools. Sylvan Ventures started Connections Academy in 2001. The company started its first schools in 2001, and in 2004, Connections Academy was sold to Apollo Management, L.P. Apollo Management "has some $68 billion of assets under management, spread among its private equity, capital markets, and real estate segments. It specializes in buying distressed businesses and turning them around and has had some of its biggest successes investing during economic downturns," according to its Hoovers profile.

Needs Subcommittee
 * Lisa Gillis, Private Sector Chair of the Education Task Force’s Special

Individual Members

 * Dr. Judith Reisman, Science Advisor, Education Task Force Subcommittee on Science Fraud in the Classroom

Corporate, Trade or Other Group Members

 * Robert Enlow (President and CEO, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice), Former Private Sector Chair
 * Liv Finne (Director, Washington Policy Center Center for Education)
 * Matthew Ladner (Vice President of Research, Goldwater Institute)
 * Washington Policy Center
 * National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)

Politician Members

 * Nancy Spence (R-CO), Former Public Sector Chair

Staff

 * Dave Myslinksi, Director
 * Monica Mastracco, Legislative Assistant
 * Jeff William Reed, Former Director